Canada - 2003-current - Elizabeth II - Canadian Five Cents

Obscure Finds Coin Collection >
Canada >
Five Cent

This section of Obscure Finds Numismatic Collection is made up of coins from the
Canada
region and specializes in
2003-current - Elizabeth II - Canadian Five Cents
coins from coin category
Five Cent . If you are looking for coin facts, numismatic data or simple melt value composition of the
Canada - 2003-current - Elizabeth II - Canadian Five Cents coin, you can find it here at Obscure Finds.

Looking for coin prices and suggested retail values based on a coins grade? Obscure Finds recommends
CoinsandCanada.com
for the most accurate coin prices and values of coins from Canada.

The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 77 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA" Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Obverse Designer:

Susanna Blunt

Reverse Design:

A beaver, over the inscription "CANADA", is surrounded with the facial value, flanked on both sides by a maple leaf

Reverse Designer:

G.E. Kruger Gray

2003-current - Elizabeth II - Canadian Five Cents

The Canadian five-cent coin, commonly called a nickel, is a coin worth five cents or one-twentieth of a Canadian dollar. It was patterned on the corresponding coin in the neighbouring United States. Starting 4 February 2013, after the elimination of the penny, it became the smallest valued coin in the currency.

The beaver has a long history in Canada as both commodity and cultural icon. The Hurons honoured the beaver hundreds of years ago as the totem of their tribe. Native peoples used the beaver emblem to sign treaties with the first colonists. Since then the beaver has appeared in the heraldic bearings of Québec City and Montreal and even marked Canada's first postage stamp. The beaver coin design was created by Canadian artist G.E. Kruger Gray and was first used in 1937.

Reverse Design:
1937 - 1942, 1946 - 1950, 1952 - 1966, 1968 - present
The beaver
The beaver design was created in 1937 by G.E. Kruger-Gray as part of a coin modernization effort.